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On further contemplation about whether ASD is part of my personality or is it separate, I began thinking about my thoughts. I think that what human beings think about is linked to their personality which pushes me even further to conclude that ASD is a part of my personality. Obviously it is a deep complex…
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I was once asked by someone, “How do I know if my behaviour is because I’m ASD or is it merely who I am?” It was a good question and one that I have many times pondered over myself. There’s not a clear or easy answer. First, we have to decide what exactly is personality. A definition…
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I think it’s quite interesting that in traditional customer service training, people who work directly with customers (such as receptionists, shop assistants, checkout assistants, etc.) are trained to use language in ways that are generally quite conflicting to the usual ASD-friendly communication guidelines! I have a professional role in veterinary marketing and we work a…
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Inclusion is a very big word these days in society. We are all being motivated to include others into our daily lives and the lives we have in society, disregarding gender, race, age, illness, disability (mentally, physically or both) sexual orientation,…. However there does lie a difference between inclusion and acceptance. Social inclusion “Jeanne, 43,…
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Here are 8 reasons why being in a public environment might be so hard, anxiety-provoking or tiring for people on the autistic spectrum. 1. Increased sensory input Human beings create a lot of sensory information! Every single person has a unique smell, they might create noise (for example: talking, shoe shuffling, coughing, music coming from their earphones, them typing…
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How many times have people said things to you such as “You’re doing so well”? Many people have said this to me and continue to say it to me. In fact, I get comments acknowledging or congratulating me on my achievements on a near daily basis. This isn’t the problem though – it’s always nice to get recognition I…
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‘Free time’ is important for everyone in order to maintain a healthy work-life balance. Free time could be defined as the time outside the normal working day or the time allocated to seeing friends or pursuing hobbies. For people who work a 9-5 working week or for children who go to school, their free time will typically mean…
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Autism is relatively ‘new’ condition if you compare it to, say, dementia. It has only been recognised since the 1940s (Leo Kanner and Hans Asperger) and studies didn’t really progress any further until the 1970s (Michael Rutter, Lorna Wing, Judith Gould). Most studies in the early days were done on boys. It’s only really in recent…
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‘Roxanne (29, ASD) has a group training session that would help her to find a job. During the training, her fellow trainees start to talk amongst themselves. The chatter becomes very loud and affects Roxanne greatly. She decides to leave the room for a while. She finds a quiet place to relax for a little…
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A definition of anxiety is: “Anxiety is an unpleasant feeling that we all experience at times. It is a word often used to describe when we feel ‘uptight’, ‘irritable’, ‘nervous’, ‘tense’, or ‘wound up’.” Moodjuice.scot.nhs.uk My own definition of social anxiety is just like this, however social anxiety is felt when a person participates in social situations or when…
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